Joanna Benecke

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Joanna Benecke is a British-Swedish screenwriter and actress. She is best known for co-writing the 2014 British comedy-drama film Bonobo.{{cite web|author=British Council |url= http://film.britishcouncil.org/bonobo1 |title=Bonobo |publisher=film.britishcouncil.org |date= |accessdate=13 August 2017}}

She was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Sweden{{cite web |url= http://www.indiewire.com/2015/05/outfest-announces-2015-screenwriting-lab-fellows-215208/ |title= Outfest Announces 2015 Screenwriting Lab Fellows |date=27 May 2015 |website=IndieWire |access-date=13 August 2017}} where she acted in the Swedish television series {{ill|Olivia Twist|sv|italic=yes}} and {{ill|En klass för sig|sv|italic=yes}},{{cite web |url= http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=296308 |title=Joanna Benecke |website=Svenska Filminstitutet |access-date=13 August 2017}} and was the voice of Jerry's Mom in the animated series The Three Friends and Jerry.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1247764/ |title=Joanna Benecke |website=IMDB |access-date=13 August 2017}}

After achieving a BA in English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge,{{cite web |url=https://store.intertalentgroup.com/ck-files/JoannaBenecke_CV_InterTalent-2.pdf |title=CV |last=Benecke |first=Joanna |publisher=Intertalent Rights Group |date=April 30, 2005 |access-date=15 March 2019}}{{cite journal |author=University of Cambridge |date=5 July 2006 |title=Acta: Congregations of the Regent House on 29 June, 30 June, and 1 July 2006 |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/cam-only/reporter/2005-06/weekly/6043/3.html |journal=Cambridge University Reporter |volume=136 |number=34 |access-date=15 March 2019}} Benecke continued to work as an actress, appearing in Joe Swanberg’s 2008 short film, Swedish Blueballs.

She received an MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2012. In 2015 Benecke was an Outfest Screenwriting Fellow, and in 2016 she was a semi-finalist in the academy's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting with her screenplay Be Normal.{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/nicholl/ceremonies/2016 |title= ACADEMY NICHOLL 2016 CEREMONY |date=3 November 2016 |website=Oscars.org |access-date=13 August 2017}}